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METALLIG LATHING.

No. 351,205. Patented Oct. 19, 1886.

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'ing drawings, forming par; of this specitica UNITED STATES BENJAMIN SGARLES, OF CLINTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE CLINTON \VIRE'OLOTH COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

M ETALLlC LATH l NG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,205, dated October 19, 1886,

Application filed July 12, 1886. Serial No. 207,770.

T0 to whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN SOARLLS, of Clinton. in the county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Metallic Lathing, of which the following is a description sufiiciently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanytion, in which Figure l is a top plan view of my improved lathing, and Fig. 2 a vertical section showing the lathiug attached to the wall.

Like letters of reference indicate co rresponding parts in the different figures ot' the drawings.

My invention relates more especially to that class of metallic lathing which is composed of wire'cloth or wire-netting; and it consists in certain novel details of construction, as here inat'ter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims, the object being to produce more effective article of this character than is now in ordinary use.

The nature of the improvement will be readily understood by all conversant with such matters from the following explanation.

In the drawings, A represents the lathing, Bthe wall, and O the plaster.

The lathing is composed of wire cloth or netting of any suitable mesh and gage, and is provided at intervals on its surface with raised projections or bosses D, which may-be formed by bending or molding the wire-cloth by means of a press and suitable dies, or by running the web or strip of cloth through rollers adapted to produce the projections. 1

The lathing is secured to the wall 13 by or- I dinary staples or nails, H.

In the use of my improvement the lathing A is placed so that the apices of the bosses D (No model.)

rest against the wall B. The nails or staples H are then driven from the outer side of the lathing through the bosses D into the wall B, thus firmly securing the lalhing to the wall and forming air chambers or spaces 00, which retard the progress of moisture from the walls of the building into the room. The plaster O is then applied to the lathing, a portion there of being forced through the mesh of the cloth into the air spaces :0, as shown at z in Fig. 2, so that when the plaster hardens or sets it be comes firmly secured to the lathing in the usual manner.

1 do not confine myself to thcstaples or nails H for securing the lathiug to the wall B, as any device suitable for that purpose maybe used.

It will be obvious that the bosses D take the place of ordinary furring, or enable the lathing to be attached to the studding, beams, walls, or ceiling of a room without first furring the same.

The bosses or projections D, as shown in the drawings, are hemispherical in shape; but I do not confine myself to making them of any special form or size, as they may be made of any suitable size or shape to accomplish the desired result.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is- 1. As an improved article of manufacture, a metallic lathing consisting of a strip or web of wire cloth or netting provided with aseries of raised projections or bosses, D, constructed and arranged substantially as set forth.

2. In combination with the wall B and staples H, thelathing A, provided with the bosses or projections D, constructed and arranged substantially as set forth.

BENJAMIN SOARLES.

Witnesses:

LOUIS G. Brick,

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